Can Kids with Violent Temptations Be Real?

[ShayanJ]

Summary:: Curious whether this story about this kid could be real, and if yes, is there any explanations?

I just came across this reddit thread. I know, it could be fake. But I've seen a similar story before about a little girl who openly talked about wanting to kill her adoptive parents and her brother. You can read about it here and here. Granted, she was sexually abused by her biological father as a toddler(what the hell is going on with some people?!) and that could explain it.
But I'm just wondering, can there be any psychiatric/psychological issues from the birth that could cause such a mentality and behavior in the kid? Is there any statistics about this? Have there been any studies? How much do we know about it?
I'm asking about it here because I don't even know what to call these kids or if there is even enough cases out there for me to able to find any information. So I appreciate any kind of clue or sources you may have
thanks

 

[Bystander]

Summary:: Curious whether this story about this kid could be real, and if yes, is there any explanations?

I just came across this reddit thread.

"William's Syndrome" results from a genetic/developmental defect/malfunction; there could be any number of similar/related syndromes yet to be discovered.

 

[jedishrfu]

Do a google search on "murderous children" and one can find a gruesome gallery of kids who are truly evil in a way that boggles the mind.

How they came to be this way no one knows for sure.

Some suffered tremendous cruelty from their parents or caregivers while others were found to have a streak of psychopathy or a basic lack of compassion for any living thing in their personality.

 

[Rive]

Growing up is hard enough in itself. There are many things to learn, and amongst them: how to handle aggression (aggression of your own and aggression of others): and then the revelation, that not all the world is about you... It's hard. Practically every child has bad periods.
If the circumstances are extreme, those bad periods can be really extreme too.

What you are bringing up here is the extreme of the extreme. We are 'wired' to depend on during childhood (and that may foil things more frequently than rage). So don't take these cases (yes, there are cases) as any kind of common. They are exceptions. Not really worth keeping them in the foreground.